1. Weimar Germany - The Years of Stability
In conversing with the French agent, although at first the talk was without significance, yet when he expressed his respects and greetings from Théophile Delcassé, the Kaiser replied that his visit meant that His Majesty wanted free trade for Germany and complete equality of rights with other countries. ... After the Triple Entente was formed Germany complained more and more of being encircled by a ring of Hostile Nations whose aim was to deny it a share of world power. ...
This therefore shows how the negative, nationalistic attitudes expressed toward the inherently unstable democracy had a significant impact on the collapse of the new government. ... Following the Ruhr crisis, another uprising occurred in the form of Adolf Hitler's 'Munich Beer Hall Putsch', a violent attempt to seize power in Munich in November, 1923, with the ultimate aim of leading a coup d'etat on Berlin that would overthrow the Republic. ...